Scrap Dealing

No you don't ,theres a lad in ranelagh that gives good prices.
I got 750 euro the last time I went over. I can't remember the name ,but hes got a big add in the golden pages.

Stekelly wrote:

where bouts is McGoverns in Renalagh?

I'm working in the area for the next couple of days so it'd be handy

It's a hard place to find ,you would be best to find it on a map before you head over. It's up a small alley and a couple of sharp turns,off ranelagh's main street.

Mind were you go with scrap copper ,you can be ripped off in a second.
I was quite happy with the guy in ranelagh ,I've been ripped off a couple of times elsewhere and it's hard to deal with scrap merchants once your stuff is on the scales.

I wont ever go back to the one at harolds cross ,it's just at the canal down a slope. Never again:mad:

Without sounding like a complete ponse ,I actually used a gps thing to get there ,so I'm not sure how to explain.
You could pop into an esso on your way and use one of their dublin maps to locate it ,save you buying one:)

I just presume everyone has a street map of dublin ,I've about 5 of them now ,all with various pages missing :mad:

I found a place to sell scrap copper a company in Duleek Irish Metals no messing with the scales you can jump up and weigh yourself first .

This thread is around 1 year old, so I hope this post gets noticed!:cool:

I have a large collection of copper pipes, of varying sizes, and a large copper cylinder, small amount of lead {maybe only 7 KG or so} and a significant weight of iron and steel.

Is there anyone in particular I should go to?

Is there any form the copper should be in? I have large amounts of wire, very neat, copper elements from motors and the like.

I am basically looking to get rid of, and I dont want to end up with less than the cost of the diesel to transport it!!

Cheers.

mfceiling wrote: »

I was in M'Govern's in ranelagh on monday...got €45 for 13 kilos of copper and 3 kilos of lead.
Didn't ask how much was either making..just had it lying in a bag in the back of the van and was passing close to there.

Went into McGoverns today....bad day to be driving around town looking for a small hidden little place.

Could not believe it when my 4 bags of lead and 3 bags of copper came to €300. On the kisser €300.

Went up to the window and out came six-50's smooth as you like.

For anyone who is interested, as you drive thru Ranelagh from the south, keep going until you PASS the junction at the bottom of the village. Take the very next left hand turn up a tiny alley which is bridged by an arch of stone. You will know the turn to take as it as at the lights. Dont take any left hand turns that actually go up a proper road. The lane you need to go up is a proper one way affair. If you are coming from the South, make sure you pass the junction which leads up to the Lawn Tennis Club.....keep on past that and be looking out for the lights. The turn is right there.

From the North, cross the canal and come through the lights over the brigde at Portobello College. Drive straight ahead to the lights I have already described and take a right at those lights {if you can, we were pulling 3 point turns in traffic all day:D}

The address is "Price Place" but forget about getting directions from the locals. Just ask them where McGoverns is. We asked a posh chap in a Range Rover and he didnt know what we were on about till we mentioned scrap. The minute we mentioned scrap he was all details.

Basically, the place is up an alley on the north side of Ranelagh village a pissing distance from the canal.

We went in, were invited to back our motor up, unloaded, threw the bags on. They did a little special weigh for copper wire which is still in its plastic. Got a different rate for that. Some of the regular copper still had its brass fittings on....they just weighed it in the plastic bags NQA. Whole thing didnt take 5 mins. In-Out, cash in hand. Gave us a hand written statement. Dont know what to make of that but the preponderance of the weight we brought up today was lead. And we still came out flush. Proper order.

Stekelly wrote: »

Ended up going to Hammond lane agine. Got €667 for 145 kg (€4.60 a kilo)

Going rate for copper is now around €3.

WHats the story with rooting through skips?

If a fella throws waste wire in a skip, and I crawl in and take it out, and he comes out of his house and demands i put it back, where do I stand?

This happened with a skip on the side of the road in Bray. Not on private property.